Sat, Feb 13, 2027

孟子曰：「君子有三樂，而王天下不與存焉。父母俱存，兄弟無故，一樂也。仰不愧於天，俯不怍於人，二樂也。得天下英才而教育之，三樂也。君子有三樂，而王天下不與存焉。」

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盡心上·20

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吳、曾兩生至，備道道通懇切為道之意，殊慰相念。若道通，真可謂篤信好學者矣。憂病中會，不能與兩生細論，然兩生亦自有志向，肯用功者，每見輒覺有進，在區區誠不能無負於兩生之遠來，在兩生則亦庶幾無負其遠來之意矣。臨別以此冊致道通意，請書數語。荒憒無可言者，輒以道通來書中所問數節，略下轉語奉酬。草草殊不詳細，兩生當亦自能口悉也。 來書云：「日用工夫只是『立志』。近來於先生誨言時時體驗，愈益明白。然於朋友不能一時相離。若得朋友講習，則此志繞精健闊大，纔有生意。若三五日不得朋友相講，便覺微弱，遏事便會困，亦時會忘。乃今無朋友相講之日，還只靜坐，或看書，或游衍經行，凡寓目、措身，悉取以培養此志，頗覺意思和適。然終不如朋友講聚，精神流動，生意更多也。離群索居之人，當更有何法以處之？」 此段足驗道通日用工夫所得，工夫大略亦只是如此用，只要無間斷，到得純熟後，意思又自不同矣。大抵吾人為學，緊要大頭腦，只是「立志」。所謂「困、忘」之病，亦只是志欠真切。今好色之人，未嘗病於困忘，只是一真切耳。自家痛痒，自家須會知得，自家須會搔摩得；既自知得痛痒，自家須不能不搔摩得。佛家謂之「方便法門」，須是自家調停斟酌，他人總難與力，亦更無別法可設也。

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卷中·第144条

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大夫曰：「俗非唐、虞之時，而世非許由之民，而欲廢法以治，是猶不用隱括斧斤，欲撓曲直枉也。故為治者不待自善之民，為輪者不待自曲之木。往者，應少、伯正之屬潰梁、楚，昆盧、徐谷之徒亂齊、趙，山東、關內暴徒，保人阻險。當此之時，不任斤斧，折之以武，而乃始設禮修文，有似窮醫，欲以短針而攻疽，孔丘以禮說跖也。」

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卷10·大論第五十九·第3则

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The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.

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The Gospel of Wealth, concluding paragraph, sentence beginning “The man who dies thus rich...”

This plan of selling our products direct to the consumer and the exceptionally rapid growth of the business bred a certain antagonism which I suppose could not have been avoided, but this same idea of dealing with the consumer directly has been followed by others and in many lines of trade, without creating, so far as I recall, any serious opposition.

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Chapter III, excerpt 53

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